Famous Wedding Anniversaries on July 8

Famous Weddings

1290 Princess Margaret (15), daughter of Edward I of England marries Duke Brabant John II (14) at Westminster Abbey, London

William I of Orange

1551 William I, Prince of Orange (18) weds Dutch noble and heiress Countess Anna van Egmont (18), until her death in 1558

George Canning

1800 British politician and future Prime Minister of UK George Canning (30) weds Scottish heiress Joan Scott (24-ish) at St George's Anglican Church, Hanover Square, London, until his death in 1827

Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin

1830 French magician Jean Eugène Robert (24) weds Parisian watchmaker's daughter Josèphe Cecile Houdin (18 or 19), both take on the hyphenated Robert-Houdin surname

Ada Lovelace

1835 British Earl of Lovelace, William King (30) weds British mathematician Ada Byron (19), later known as Ada Lovelace, until her death in 1852

Warren G. Harding

1891 Future US President Warren G. Harding (25) weds American newspaper publisher and divorcée Florence Kling DeWolfe (30) in Marion, Ohio, until his death in 1923

Cary Grant

1942 British-American "His Girl Friday" actor Cary Grant (38) weds American heiress and socialite Barbara Hutton (29) - his second marriage, her third; divorce in 1945

Reggie Jackson

1968 American MLB baseball player Reggie Jackson (22) weds his college sweetheart Jennie Campos; divorce in 1973

1972 English Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (28) weds Danish college sweetheart Birgitte of Deurs Henriksen (26) at St Andrew's Church, Barnwell, Northamptonshire, England

Mike Ditka

1977 American NFL coach Mike Ditka (37) weds second wife Diana Trantham in Dallas County, Texas

1979 British rock singer Marianne Faithfull (32) weds second husband British punk rocker Ben Briefly; divorce in 1986

Bryan Cranston

1989 American Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston (33) weds second wife, American actress Robin Dearden (35)

1991 American "Sanford and Son" actor-comedian Redd Foxx (68) weds 4th wife Korean Ka Ho Cho at The Little Church of the West in Las Vegas, Nevada until his death 3 months later

Kristi Yamaguchi

2000 American Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi (28) weds American Carolina Hurricanes ice hockey player Bret Hedican (29) at the Mauna Lani Resort in Kona, Hawaii

2006 Canadian-American "Good Day L.A." co-host Jillian Barberie (39) weds second husband actor Grant Reynolds in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles; divorce in 2014
2006 Danish actress and "The Surreal Life" personality Brigitte Nielsen (43) weds 5th husband Italian model and producer Mattia Dessi (27) at the Radisson SAS Golden Sands Resort and Spa in Malta
2013 American model Amber Rose (29) weds American rapper Wiz Khalifa (25) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; divorce in 2016
2016 Brazilian model Ana Beatriz Barros (34) weds Greek-Egyptian billionaire tycoon Karim El Chiaty on the Greek island of Mykonos